Canon EOS 7D
Canon introduces the EOS-7D – innovative technologies and intuitive build define a new photographic experience. The Canon EOS 7D Super Kit with EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens incorporates a new viewfinder with 1.0x magnification and 100% coverage and a 3 inch LCD with 920k dot resolution.
Accurate Images – High performance AF and metering systems
The Canon EOS 7D features a 19-point cross-type AF sensor, enabling photographers to achieve accurate shots and optimise composition options.
This improved AF system offers a range of manual and automatic settings including Zone and Spot AF to track and capture subjects quickly and accurately. AF settings are highly customisable, allowing for rapid reaction to changes in the scene. Different AF points can be set for vertical or horizontal orientation, so photographers can automatically switch between landscape and portrait shots without touching a button.
The Canon EOS 7D also incorporates a new metering system. The Focus Colour Luminance metering system (iFCL) intelligently measures focus, colour and luminance, across 63 zones.
Complementing the 19 AF points, the dual layer sensor is able to gather information from each distinct zone to obtain a more accurate and consistent exposure.
Capture images exactly as you see them
The Canon EOS 7D features an Intelligent Viewfinder that offers photographers 100 per cent frame coverage. With 1.0x magnification* – a first for Canon EOS 7D photographers see a large bright image that helps to fully immerse them within the shot. A transmissive LCD incorporated in the viewfinder allows photographers to choose between various overlay features – such as AF points, the spot metering circle and composition grid – providing a range of tools that help when framing a shot. It is also the first EOS to introduce a Dual-Axis Electronic Level – in the viewfinder and on the LCD – that indicates both pitch and roll angles. This feature is particularly useful when shooting landscapes to ensure a level horizon, or when used in conjunction with a Tilt and Shift lens to level the camera.
The camera features a new 3 inch Clear View II LCD screen with a solid structure screen, designed to combat glare by removing the air-gap between the LCD’s protective cover and the liquid crystal. This new screen has a viewing angle of 160 degrees and is effective even in bright light. As with the EOS 5D Mark II, an ambient light sensor on the side of the screen can set brightness automatically depending on the environment.
Experiment creatively with light
The Canon EOS 7D is equipped with an Integrated Speedlite Transmitter. For the first time in an EOS, photographers can control external Speedlites with no additional accessories – ideal for those looking to experiment with creative lighting set-ups. The Canon EOS 7D also features an extensively upgraded, built-in flash including manual control, and wider flash coverage to cover focal lengths as wide as 15mm.
Customise your individual camera experience
The Canon EOS 7D has been conceived and designed with the photographer’s needs in mind. The look and feel of the camera has been aesthetically and ergonomically crafted to offer photographers the very best interaction. To this end, the photographer can design their own experience – camera operations are customisable, allowing the user to assign frequently used functions and settings to convenient controls. This enables photographers to save time when shooting critical moments, by changing settings quickly.
Impressive Features, Impressive Images
ImagingResource writes:
“The range from ISO 100 to 800 can produce a 20×30-inch print with ease. Yes, I said ISO 800. Most cameras have results that are limited to 11×14 at that setting. By ISO 1,600 we need a slight reduction to 16×20 inches. That’s really crazy, and by that I mean good. ISO 3,200 shots are great at 13×19-inches. ISO 6,400 shots increase in contrast and noise, but are still usable at 11×14 inches, and with the same comments, the ISO 12,800 shots are quite usable at 8×10.”DCR writes:
“The autofocus is pretty good, image quality is very good, and ISO noise is good considering the resolution. The camera zings along at 8 fps when it needs to and will do that all day before the buffer fills if you’re shooting JPEGS. There’s true 1080p HD video if you’re into that sort of thing and the whole package is well built and designed to resist the elements.”TheDigitalPicture writes:
“The bottom line is that the 7D is Canon’s new king-of-the-APS-C DSLRs – clearly the best yet. Though I would like to see sharper results at lower sharpness settings, the Canon EOS 7D turns in great performance and great image quality in a great package.”avhub writes:
“The new Canon represents the new flagship in the company’s non-professional ‘APS’ format line-up and boasts a level of specifications that’s only bettered by the EOS-1D Mark III (or, more likely, its imminent replacement).”qualitycamera writes:
“Made to be the tool of choice for serious photographers and semi-professionals, it features an all-new 18.0 Megapixel APS-C size CMOS sensor and Dual DIGIC 4 Image Processors, capturing tremendous images at up to ISO 12800 and speeds of up to 8 fps.”
SPECIFICATIONS:
Image sensor: 22.3 x 14.9 mm RGB Primary Colour CMOS sensor with 18 megapixels effective
A/D processing: 14-bit (Dual DiG!C 4)
Lens mount: Canon EF and EF-S
Focal length crop factor: 1.6x
Image formats: Stills – JPEG, CR2.RAW, mRAW, sRAW, RAW+JPEG; Movies – MOV (Video: H.264, Audio: Linear PCM)
Image Sizes: Stills – 5184 x 3456, 3456 x 2304, 2592 x 1728; mRAW: 3888 x 2592, sRAW: 2592 x 1728; Movies – HD: 1920 x 1080 at 30, 25, 24 fps, 1280 x 720 at 60, 50 fps SD: 640 x 480 at 60, 500 fps
Image Stabilisation: Lens-based only
Dust removal: Canon Integrated Cleaning System
Shutter speed range: 1/8000 sec. to 30 sec., Bulb; X-sync at 1/250 sec.
Exposure Compensation: +/-5 EV in 1/3- or 1/2-EV increments; manual and AEB
Exposure bracketing: Manual and AEB +/- 5EV at 1/3-stop or ½-half increments
Self-timer: 2 or 10 second delay
Focus system: TTL phase detection AF with 19 selectable AF points plus 6 Assist AF points
Focus modes: One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)
Exposure metering: 63-segment TTL full-aperture metering with Evaluative, centre-weighted average, partial (approx. 8% of viewfinder at centre) and spot (approx. 3.5% of viewfinder at centre) modes
Shooting modes: Program AE (Full Auto, Creative Auto, Program), shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, manual exposure, bulb exposure
Picture Style/Control settings: Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined 1 – 3
Colour space options: sRGB, Adobe RGB
ISO range: ISO 100-6400 (H: 12,800)
White balance: Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom, Color temperature setting (2500-10000K); White balance correction and white balance bracketing features provided
Custom Functions: 27
Flash: E-TTL II Autoflash; GN 12 (m/ISO 100)
Flash exposure adjustment: Yes
Sequence shooting: Max. 8 fps for 90 JPEG/15 CR2.RAW
Storage Media: CompactFlash cards Types I & II (single slot)
Viewfinder: Pentaprism with 100% coverage, -3.0 to +1.0 dpt adjustment, fixed focusing screen
LCD monitor: 3.0-inch TFT colour LCD with approx. 920,000 dots (VGA)
Live View modes: Quick mode (Phase-difference detection); Live mode, Live face detection mode (Contrast detection)
Manual focusing (5x/10x magnification possible)
Video Capture: Yes (1920 x 1080 at 30, 25, 24 fps, 1280 x 720 at 60, 50 fps, 640 x 480 at 60, 500 fps
Data LCD: Yes
Playback functions: Single, Single + Info (Image-recording quality, shooting information, histogram), 4-image index, 9-image index, image rotate possible; Playback zoom: 1.5x to 10x; jump by 10 or 100 images, jump by screen, by shooting date, by folder, by movie, by stills; highlight alert; histogram; movie playback enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT)
Interface terminals: USB 2.0 Hi-speed; 3.5mm dia. stereo mini jack (NTSC/PAL selectable); Type C HDMI mini OUT terminal, external microphone input (3.5mm stereo mini jack); remote control for N3 Type and wireless Remote Controller RC-1/RC-5; extension system terminal for connection to Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E5D
Power supply: Battery Pack LP-E6
Dimensions (wxhxd): 148.2 x 110.7 x 73.5 mm (body only)
Weight: Approx 820 grams (body only)
What is the price ? availability ? and packages
HI Ian,
We are out of the 7D at present. They seem to have been adversely affected by the troubles in Japan.
Our most popular kit is the 7D with 18-200 lens at $2789. I hope to get more stock of this one next month,
John